Final thoughts: So what at half-time looked like an unlikely result gives the US a welcome boost in their ongoing rebuild. That’s their first win in three and a half years over Mexico, and in the second half at least, they were decent value for it. Green was a creative spark, Robinson aggregated his two game performance into a positive with his work down the left, and Steffen had another solid game in goal. And of course the fearless Adams continued his development with a coolly taken goal.

Zoldivar’s sending off changed the game and Mexico never looked competitive again. They’re now in their worst result sequence for 17 years and have questions of their own to deal with, but some of the work shown by Lainez in particular should give them hope that there’s a way forward with the next generation.

The USA continue their sequence with games against Columbia, Peru, England And Italy next. The challenges will keep coming and maybe by then they’ll have a coach, or at the very least a more familiar looking balance of internationals than this very experimental roster. For tonight, the gamble paid off.

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86 mins: No sign of Jonathan Gonzalez yet by the way. But another sub, Hernandez has a half chance when a crossfield ball picks him out at the back of the box. He flashes his volley over, but that was a great ball to pick him out by Aguirre.

82 mins: Robinson scoops a cross to the penalty spot where Wood can’t quite untangle his feet to turn and get a clean shot off. Robinson has been impressive since coming on tonight, after having a testing night against Brazil on Friday.